major decisions

I've gotten so much done in the last week without my laptop. I've managed to Ace everything in all my classes.

Now if only I could get up off my fatass and work out. I no longer fit Size 28s. :(

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Let's put a little more substance into this entry.

So right now, I'm pretty undeclared major-wise. I mean, I'm not completely undeclared in that I at least know which realm of academia I'll end up pursuing and I'm not officially undeclared in that my transcript currently says "undeclared". Rather, the classes I'm taking or have taken aren't exactly going toward any particular major.

All of this confusion is a result of UCLA's closing of their Int'l Development Studies Department. Now, I understand that they want to "restructure" the department and remove a bit of its interdisciplinary aspect, but I honestly don't think it's coming back. Not in my tenure here, anyway. It's just another way for the school to respond to the economic troubles. There are two necessary components to declare the Int'l Development Studies Major:

1. You entered UCLA Fall 2009 or prior under the Int'l Development Studies Major
2. You have completed up to Level 3 of a Foreign Lang as well as all other prereqs by the end of Fall 09 (2.0 min).
   

I don't fulfill number 1 and I've fulfilled halfway number 2. I started out as an Int'l Economics major (note: this is very much so different from the Int'l Development Studies Major) but decided to no longer pursue it because of my terrible performance in Calculus and Microeconomics. Officially, I'm still an Int'l Econ Major but I'm not intending to pursue it.

I need two more classes to be able to declare Int'l Development Studies -- two of the more impacted classes at UCLA. Example: I tried to sign up for one of them this quarter, but all 300 spots and all 75 waitlist spots filled up within four hours. Ridiculous. So I'm at a crux here: what if I don't get into these classes? What the hell do I do with my life?

Here are some of the choices I've been thinking about, given the classes I've already taken and the things I at least have a small interest in:

• Comparative Literature - Taking my first Com Lit class this quarter. I seem to have a talent with it. It's just the whole fluency in three languages thing that is kinda scaring me off. I mean, I can do English well, and I'm getting somewhere with French, but taking up another language is a little scary.
  
• Global Studies - I really don't know why I'm not just a Global Studies major in the first place. I need one more class to declare for this. I guess it's the whole required Summer Abroad thing I don't like.
  
• Geography - I'd love to do this. The only problem is that I'd have to petition for all my courses to count toward it. If I could do that, I could declare today if I wanted to.
  
• English/World Literature - Intimidating. Plus, I hate Brit lit.
  
• French - Only because I have a lot of French classes under my belt incidentally.
  

It's just a little frustrating that something you've invested so much time in has been taken away just like that. Bah.